Combined umbrella and tent.



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G. W. BARRINGER.

comamso UMBRELLA AND TENT.

I APPLICATION HLED MAY 15, I916- 1,21 9,905. Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

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. ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WASHINGTON BARRINGEFI, OF LAWRENCE, NEW YORK.

COMBINED UMBRELLA AND TENT.

specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 15, 1916. Serial No. 97,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. EARRIN- onn, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Lawrence, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Umbrella and Tent, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Thisiinvention relates to tents and par-' ticularly to a combined tent and umbrella,

and has for an object the provision of an which the walls are-removably connected to the top of the umbrella and the parts are arranged so that the windows may be readily applied and removed so that they may be used when set up and may be easily foldedinto a compact case when it is desired to transport the device.

A further object in view is to provide an improved combined tent and umbrella in which the parts are adapted to fold so as to be readily packed in a minimum number of containers which may be utilized as part of the tent furniture when not accommodating the tent itself.

' In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a'box shaped to contain the canvas and certain other parts of the combined tent and umbrella.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a casing adapted to contain the framework and certain other parts of the combined tent and umbrella.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the complete tent and umbrella setup to produce a tent.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but with one side swung outwardly in order to produce an opening-in the tent and an awning for the tent.

.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the urn brellaipart of the device, certain members being folded for producing a protecting ourtain on one side.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the umbrella-construction and the table associated therewith.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section through a complete umbrella and tent embodying the invention.

F ig. 8 is a perspective view of part of the umbrella framework disclosing how the same may be folded.

Fig. 9 is a detail fragmentary sectional View through Fig. 7 on line 99.

"Fig. 10 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through part of the window shown in Fig. 7, the same being'taken on line 101O of said figure.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary view of one side looking upwardly at the top of the tent.

Fig. 12 is a fragmentary end view of one of the side walls of the tent, the same be ing on a reduced scale.

In constructing an embodiment of the invention it is aimed to provide a device which will act as a canopy or umbrella and which may have connected therewith walls so as to convert the umbrella structure into a tent. In addition to forming these .members it is aimed to form the same in such away that the parts may be folded very compactly and the canvas or other covering cloth arranged into a box together with a few asso: ciatedparts, while the pole and bracing members forming part of the umbrella" structure may be folded and arranged in a container. The contalner and the box, In

addition to acting as containers for the purpose just mentioned, also act, when empty, as a water cooler in one instance and a table in the other.

Referrinto the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates the box which is preferably provided'with straps 2 to which a handle 3 is connected, though the handle is not necessary and, in fact, the straps are not necessary provided other means are utilized for connecting the parts of the box together. The box is provided with a drawer structure 4, as shown more particularly in Figs. 4 and 5, while the center of the box is provided with an opening 5 through which the pole 6 passes, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The drawer 4, when arranged as shown in Fig. 1, is intended to containv the rel p0 read prope 11.0%, f0 .zrto s0 m'n'cn into an mam 1 sewn n 8 TL w 89. K

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a are pro 2 A 6 f1 3 i so .3151 of the .o'rou As s a supporting pole, a plurality of rods extending from the upper end of said pole, a square covering member connected to said rods, the ends of said rodsbeing adjacent the corners of said covering member, an upper set of bracing members for each of said rods, a sliding member connected with said upper set of bracing members, said sliding member being arranged on said pole, a pin connected with said pole for holding said sliding member in its raised position, a lower set of bracing members connected with each of said rods, said lower set of bracing members being formed in sections pivotally connected together, a stiffening member adapted to fit over the pivotal connection of said sections for holding the parts in alinement, a sliding member arranged on said pole connected to said lower bracing members, and means for locking said last mentioned sliding member in its operative position.

2. In a device of the character described,

a collapsible umbrella structure comprising a supporting pole, a plurality of rods pivotally connected to the upper-end of said pole, a covering for said rods, an upper bracing member for each of said rods, a sliding member arranged on said pole for said upper bracing members, means for locking said sliding member in its raised or operative position, a lower bracing memher for each of said rods, said lower bracing members being formedin sections and pivotally connected together, means for holding said sections in 'alinement, and means for connecting said lower bracing members. with said pole when in an opera- ,tive position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

. GEORGE WASHINGTON BARRINGER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. SMITH, J. E. MoncAN DODGE. 

